Comments on: Why do so many recruiters fail?

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:46:13 +0000

Recruitment companies are the worst culprits for “hiring the wrong staff”. So recruiters fail because they are not suited to the job. This is from someone who spent 8 years in recruitment.

By: elaine

elaine — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:19:07 +0000

that’s a very good analogy considering that some recruiters just view their job in just interviewing and not adapting a “sales” attitude

By: jobs north west

jobs north west — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:58:37 +0000

Just over two years i started a role as a consultant and like many other consultants we fell into recruitment rather than a chosen career plan.

After somewhat two years I soon realised that as consultants came and went they did not realise that recruitment is both a business 2 business sales role and a candidate management service. That is you sell candidates for a living – and so you have two customers to please.

Whilst on the surface this sounds simple, however to the new starter they simply do not realise that the role is very much a balancing act whilst working under pressure to deliver.

The real problem in my opinion is two part, the first is that employers need to be more realistic and honest when it comes to the employment process – explaining what a realistic OTE actually means to a new starter, the pressures, the challenges.

The second part is that candidates really need to understand the role before they even go for the interview and are blinded by the 18K basic. Perhaps – take a two day mini course before they can even apply for a recruitment role? At least by doing so, you reduce the surprise factor after six month?

By: Stoner

Stoner — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:43:42 +0000

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